Vocabulary Power Plus: Book H- Lessons 4-6

Front 1

to approve or praise loudly; enthusiastic approval

Back 1

acclaim

Front 2

wet and filthy, as though having been dragged through mud

Back 2

bedraggled

Front 3

having hidden or secret meaning

Back 3

cryptic

Front 4

to flow or fall back, as the tide; a period of decline

Back 4

ebb

Front 5

one who has excess devotion to and enthusiasm for a cause or idea

Back 5

fanatic

Front 6

dependent upon chance; lacking any definite plan

Back 6

haphazard

Front 7

to brighten with light; to make clear; to rid of confusion

Back 7

illuminate

Front 8

something handed down from ancestors or history

Back 8

legacy

Front 9

to disable or disfigure

Back 9

maim

Front 10

extremely attentive to sensory input; keen

Back 10

perceptive

Front 11

to reject as untrue

Back 11

repudiate

Front 12

anxiety and concern; concern for the well-being of others

Back 12

solicitude

Front 13

to corrupt or ruin by contaminating

Back 13

taint

Front 14

a state of fearful uncertainty; dread

Back 14

trepidation

Front 15

a homeless person, especially an orphaned child

Back 15

waif

Front 16

to make less severe of painful

Back 16

assuage

Front 17

disrespectful toward what is considered sacred

Back 17

blasphemous

Front 18

of or relating to the sky or heavens

Back 18

celestial

Front 19

a conversation between two people; the lines spoken by characters in a literary work (e.g., a play or in fiction)

Back 19

dialogue

Front 20

emotionally unrestrained and joyful; lavish; abundant

Back 20

exuberant

Front 21

a person whose opinions conflict with established, popular beliefs

Back 21

heretic

Front 22

incapable of correction or rehabilitation

Back 22

incorrigible

Front 23

easily annoyed; irritable

Back 23

peevish

Front 24

to signal or warn of; to forecast

Back 24

portend

Front 25

to suppress with threat or force; to declare invalid

Back 25

quash

Front 26

declined to speak out; reserved

Back 26

reticent

Front 27

filthy and miserable, as from poverty; morally revolting; sordid

Back 27

squalid

Front 28

violently disturbed; chaotic

Back 28

turbulent

Front 29

disregarding or defying tradition or standards

Back 29

unorthodox

Front 30

intense anger that is often vengeful

Back 30

wrath

Front 31

a collection of short stories, poems, or plays

Back 31

anthology

Front 32

to make more bearable; to ease

Back 32

alleviate

Front 33

overcoming distrust or hostility through friendliness

Back 33

conciliatory

Front 34

a lessening or a decrease

Back 34

diminution

Front 35

understood by or meant for only a small group

Back 35

esoteric

Front 36

tiny grains of sand or stone; determination and courage; to clench together, as teeth

Back 36

grit

Front 37

humorously absurd and nonsensical

Back 37

ludicrous

Front 38

tedious and requiring little skill

Back 38

menial

Front 39

expecting only the worst or most negative outcome

Back 39

pessimistic

Front 40

continuous emission of light from a substance requiring neither heat nor sustained exposure to radiation

Back 40

phosphorescence

Front 41

to rummage and steal

Back 41

ransack

Front 42

a simultaneous discharge of guns or cannons, or and outburst resembling such a discharge

Back 42

salvo

Front 43

not definite or permanent

Back 43

tentative

Front 44

felt as if one were taking part in the experiences or feelings of another person

Back 44

vicarious

Front 45

to desire intensely, sometimes with sadness

Back 45

yearn